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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: A win in Syria — despite Obama

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

There are numerous reports of Syrian President Bashar Assad using chlorine bombs against rebel forces over the past several weeks. (Associated Press)

Obama ‘red line’ erased as Bashar Assad’s chemical weapons use goes unchecked by U.S. military

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Iraqis from Ramadi gathered at the Bzebiz bridge after fleeing Ramadi and spending the night walking toward Baghdad on Saturday. Islamic State militants seized the center of their city in western Iraq, but U.S. officials say the takeover is only temporary. (Associated Press)

Islamic State seizes Ramadi, Iraq, counters U.S. claim terrorist group on defensive

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., ranking member on the House Intelligence Committee, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, Tuesday, May 12, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Top Democrat second-guesses U.S. raid on Islamic State, cites ‘extraordinary risk’

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Security forces defend their headquarters against attacks by Islamic State extremists during sand storm in the eastern part of Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province, 115 kilometers (70 miles) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, May 14, 2015. Islamic State extremists tend to take advantage of bad weather when they attack Iraqi security forces positions, an Iraqi officer said. (AP Photo)

Islamic State supporter in Texas arrested

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama delivers the commencement address at Lake Area Technical Institute, Friday, May 8, 2015 in Watertown, S.D. Obama visited South Dakota to promote his proposal to offer two years for free community college to qualified students. (AP Photo/{photo})

EDITORIAL: New flash point in Gaza

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a joint press conference with Foreign Minister Mahamoud Ali Youssouf at the Presidential Palace, in Dijbouti in this May 6, 2015, file photo. The State Department says Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Russia this week for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

John Kerry set to make first trip to Russia since Ukraine crisis

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

President Obama is greeted by new Saudi King Salman bin Abdul Aziz as the president and first lady Michelle Obama arrive on Air Force One at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Jan. 27, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Saudi king not snubbing Obama, White House says

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Secretary of State John F. Kerry hopes to keep the Ukraine situation separate from his push for a new dialogue with Russian President Vladimir Putin over Syria, U.S. officials said Monday. (Associated Press)

John Kerry to push Vladimir Putin for help in Syria

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Iraqi Kurdistan Regional President Masoud Barzani, left, is escorted into West Wing of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, May 5, 2015, where he is scheduled to meet with Vice President Joe Biden. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Iraqi Kurdish chief hopes to sidestep region’s clash with Iran

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June 18, 2013, file photo, U.S. Marines monitor Eager Lion multinational military maneuvers in Quweira, south of Amman, Jordan. After months of delays and vetting, the training of Syrian rebels has started in Jordan as part of a broader effort to build a force capable of fighting Islamic State extremists, U.S. officials said Thursday. Jordan is the first of four training sites to begin the instruction. The others are in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey, and Turkish officials have been saying they expect the training there to begin this month. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)

U.S. beginning to train Syrians to fight Islamic State

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

In this picture taken on Monday, April 20, 2015, a Kurdish refugee woman who fled from Kobani carries her belongings as she walks toward a border gate to return to her town, at the Mursitpinar border crossing in Suruc town, Turkey. Three months since Kobani was liberated, tens of thousands of its residents are still stranded in Turkey, reluctant to return to a wasteland of collapsed buildings and at a loss as to how and where to rebuild their lives. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Kobani still a ghost town, months after liberation from Islamic State

By Zeina Karam and Mohammed Rasool - Associated Press

Fighters from the jihadist rebel group Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham march in Raqqa, Syria, from an undated photo released on a jihadist website Jan. 14, 2014. (Associated Press) **FILE**

U.S. religious freedom commission calls for criminal prosecution of Islamic State

By Mark A. Kellner - Deseret News

In this picture taken on Friday, April 17, 2015, 16-year-old Anas Baroudi shows his missing left foot, lost almost three years ago in the civil war in Syria, on his bed at the Dar Al-Salameh center for recovery and physiotherapy, in Kilis town near the Syrian border in Turkey. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Near Syrian border, wounded fighters and civilians recover

By Zeina Karam - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 10, 2015 file photo, The Inspire 1, a drone manufactured by DJI, is flown in Davenport, Calif. Mexico published rules governing the use of drones on Wednesday, April 29, 2015, allowing people to operate the smallest drones in daylight without a permit but with safety rules. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

BRUCE FEIN: The case against predator drones

By Bruce Fein